Saint Paul's Rocks country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: fairly common (chances are about 50%) | Ref:
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Inhabits the Palythoa, Caulerpa and sub-Caulerpa zone, slope and bay (2-40 meters depth); record based on photograph(s) and literature (Ref. 58047).
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Lubbock, R. and A. Edwards, 1981
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Common names from other countries

Bourse écriture, Lija trompa, Filefish, ... more

Classification / Names Tên thường gặp | Các synonym ( Các tên trùng) | Catalog of Fishes(Giống, Các loài) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Tetraodontiformes (Puffers and filefishes) > Monacanthidae (Filefishes)
Etymology: Aluterus: Name from Greek meaning not free or detached, referring to the pelvis that does not form a spiny project (as it does in triggerfish) (R. Chandler, pers. Comm. 10/2014)..

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Sinh thái học

Biển Cùng sống ở rạn san hô; Mức độ sâu 3 - 120 m (Ref. 36484), usually 3 - 20 m (Ref. 40849). Subtropical; 46°N - 30°S, 180°W - 180°E

Sự phân bố Các nước | Các khu vực của FAO | Các hệ sinh thái | Những lần xuất hiện | Point map | Những chỉ dẫn | Faunafri

Circumtropical.

Bộ gần gũi / Khối lượng (Trọng lượng) / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 110 cm TL con đực/không giới tính; (Ref. 9710); common length : 55.0 cm TL con đực/không giới tính; (Ref. 5450); Khối lượng cực đại được công bố: 2.5 kg (Ref. 26340)

Short description Khóa để định loại | Hình thái học | Sinh trắc học

Các tia vây lưng cứng (tổng cộng) : 2; Các vây lưng mềm (tổng cộng) : 43 - 50; Tia cứng vây hậu môn: 0; Tia mềm vây hậu môn: 46 - 52. Snout concave (Ref. 1602); olive brown to grey in color, juveniles may be yellowish brown with dark spots (Ref. 4421). Elongate, strongly compressed filefish; tan with blue lines and spots. Caudal fin rounded (Ref. 26938) and long (Ref. 13442). Gill opening oblique, pelvic terminus rudimentary or absent; body and head with scattered small black spots (Ref. 13442).

Inhabit lagoon and seaward reefs (Ref. 9710). Occasionally are seen under floating objects (Ref. 1602). Juveniles may travel with weed rafts in open ocean for a long time and reaching a large size. Adults are usually seen along deep coastal slopes or outer reef drop-offs in about 20 meters depth (Ref. 48637). Benthopelagic (Ref. 58302). Feed on algae, seagrass, hydrozoans, gorgonians, colonial anemones, and tunicates. Caught at the surface using a hand net (Ref. 26165).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | Sự tái sinh sản | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Ấu trùng

Main reference Upload your references | Các tài liệu tham khảo | Người điều phối : Hutchins, Barry | Người cộng tác

Hutchins, J.B., 1986. Monacanthidae. p. 882-887. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. (Ref. 4421)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 24 February 2014

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)